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Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

Commons · Question 29974 · Tabled 7 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 24 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with supermarkets on the inheritance tax changes to agricultural land and property.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 24 Feb 2025

Defra regularly engages with supermarkets and producers on a range of issues pertinent to the food supply chain including food supply, environmental policies and food security. However, IHT policy is primarily under the jurisdiction of HMT as it is a tax ...